International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Gaurav Kumar, RK Doharey, NR Meena, Aman Verma, Anurag Shankar Singh, Ritesh Singh and Amrit Warshini

abstract
The present study was conducted in 2023-24 to scrutinize the socio-economic traits of vegetable growers Uttar Pradesh state comprised of seventy-five districts, there are 21 districts in central Part of Uttar Pradesh out of these 4 district were selected by table randomly sampling. Etawah, Kanpur Nager, Unnao and Jhansi district were selected randomly for the study to understand the ground reality of commercial vegetable growers in these districts. Data for the study was collected from a sample of 400 vegetable growers. The findings of the study reveal that, majority of the respondents (53.25%) belonged to middle age group (37-61 years), majority of the respondents 87.25 percent were literate. 88.00 percent respondents were Hindu religion, majority of respondents (43.75%) belonged other backward caste category, majority of respondents (50.25%) belonged to medium category of those had 6-8 members in their families, 78.25% respondents belonged to nuclear families, maximum (66.25%) respondents were observed such who had their main occupation as agriculture, 64.5 percent of respondents were having less than 1 ha of land who belonged to marginal farmers category, majority(43.00%)of the respondent had Private tube-well electric as their main source of irrigation, 38.25 percent of the respondents were found having membership of one organization and maximum number of the respondents 48.00% belonged to the annual income of Rs. (56001/- to 2,79,999 ).The socio-economic status of the farmers can be improved by imparting technical knowledge/ training to vegetable farmers, increasing their education level and increasing their social participation.